xii, 444 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references

1. Introduction to issues of gender and culture in America: -- Woman, culture, and society : a theoretical overview / Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo -- Becoming members of society : learning the social meanings of gender / Holly Devor -- 2. Cultural history, 1600-1900: -- The serpent beguiled me / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- Puberty to menopause : the cycle of femininity in nineteenth-century America / Carroll Smith-Rosenberg -- Religion [and the bonds of womanhood] / Nancy F. Cott -- The cult of masculinity : American social character and the legend of the cowboy / Michael S. Kimmel -- 3. The twentieth century: -- Mothers giving birth to motherhood / John R. Gillis -- Fat talk: body image among adolescent girls / Mimi Nichter and Nancy Vuckovic -- In pursuit of the perfect penis: the medicalization of male sexuality / Lenore Tiefer -- 4. Alternative sexual preferences and gender identities: -- Out-takes / Ron Caldwell -- Capitalism and gay identity / John D'Emilio -- Transgender warriors / Leslie Feinberg -- Difference, desire, and the self: three stories / Arlene Stein -- 5. Gender in the culture of Native Americans and African Americans: -- We'wha, the celebrated Lhamana / Will Roscoe -- In my family, the women ran everything / Emmi Whitehorse/Jane Katz, editor -- Rosa Lee: a mother and her family in urban America / Leon Dash -- "Not that sort of women": race, gender, and sexual violence during the Memphis Riot of 1866 / Hannah Rosen -- 6. Gender in the culture of Latinas/Latinos and Asian Americans: -- La conciencia de una mestiza/towards a new consciousness / Gloria Anzaldúa -- La vida: a Puerto Rican family in the culture of poverty-San Juan and New York / Oscar Lewis -- A study of slum culture: backgrounds for la vida / Oscar Lewis, with the assistance of Douglas Butterworth -- No name woman / Maxine Hong Kingston -- Then came the war / Yuri Kochiyama/Joann faung Jean Lee, editor -- Visiting the homeland / Victor Merina/Joann Faung Jean Lee, editor -- 7. The college experience: -- How cultural systems become desire: a case study of American romance / Dorothy C. Holland -- The University of Michigan class of 1967: the women's life paths study / Sandra S. Tangri and Sharon Rae Jenkins -- Gaining a foothold: women's transitions through work and college / American Association of University Women -- 8. Conclusions: -- Commonalities and differences / Johnnetta B. Cole -- Men, work, and identity / Elizabeth Perle McKenna

1. Introduction to issues of gender and culture in America: -- Woman, culture, and society : a theoretical overview / Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo -- Becoming members of society : learning the social meanings of gender / Holly Devor -- 2. Cultural history, 1600-1900: -- The serpent beguiled me / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- Puberty to menopause : the cycle of femininity in nineteenth-century America / Carroll Smith-Rosenberg -- Religion [and the bonds of womanhood] / Nancy F. Cott -- The cult of masculinity : American social character and the legend of the cowboy / Michael S. Kimmel -- 3. The twentieth century: -- Mothers giving birth to motherhood / John R. Gillis -- Fat talk: body image among adolescent girls / Mimi Nichter and Nancy Vuckovic -- In pursuit of the perfect penis: the medicalization of male sexuality / Lenore Tiefer -- 4. Alternative sexual preferences and gender identities: -- Out-takes / Ron Caldwell -- Capitalism and gay identity / John D'Emilio -- Transgender warriors / Leslie Feinberg -- Difference, desire, and the self: three stories / Arlene Stein -- 5. Gender in the culture of Native Americans and African Americans: -- We'wha, the celebrated Lhamana / Will Roscoe -- In my family, the women ran everything / Emmi Whitehorse/Jane Katz, editor -- Rosa Lee: a mother and her family in urban America / Leon Dash -- "Not that sort of women": race, gender, and sexual violence during the Memphis Riot of 1866 / Hannah Rosen -- 6. Gender in the culture of Latinas/Latinos and Asian Americans: -- La conciencia de una mestiza/towards a new consciousness / Gloria Anzaldua -- La vida: a Puerto Rican family in the culture of poverty-San Juan and New York / Oscar Lewis -- A study of slum culture: backgrounds for la vida / Oscar Lewis, with the assistance of Douglas Butterworth -- No name woman / Maxine Hong Kingston -- Then came the war / Yuri Kochiyama/Joann faung Jean Lee, editor -- Visiting the homeland / Victor Merina/Joann Faung Jean Lee, editor -- 7. The college experience: -- How cultural systems become desire: a case study of American romance / Dorothy C. Holland -- The University of Michigan class of 1967: the women's life paths study / Sandra S. Tangri and Sharon Rae Jenkins -- Gaining a foothold: women's transitions through work and college / American Association of University Women -- 8. Conclusions: -- Commonalities and differences / Johnnetta B. Cole -- Men, work, and identity / Elizabeth Perle McKenna

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